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NightFall

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please help me find this answer before i tear my hair out...

what is it called the when the beginning sound of a word repeats itself in a phrase or sentance? for example:

Tommy took two tulips to timmy's on tuesday.


this is driving my crazy.. i thought it was called an assination.. but that turns out not to be a word.. soooo....
i figured i would be best to ask you all, since you are all such a brilliant bunch.. well.. some of you are anyway =)
 
Alliteration (I don't know if there's a more specific term if the repeated sound is at the beginning of the word).
i thought it was called an assination
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There's also "assonance", if the sound is a vowel.
 
Alliteration (I don't know if there's a more specific term if the repeated sound is at the beginning of the word).

“ i thought it was called an assination ”

There's also "assonance", if the sound is a vowel.
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so then...

if consanant = alliteration..

and a vowel = assonance..

then...

"Thomas took Oliver's oval oranges twice on tuesday" = Assonation? HEHHEHEEHHEHE
 
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